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 2007 Movies Based on Books
Read the Book Before You See the Movie. Which is better? You decide. Browse movies based on books.
| NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Drama, Action, Drugs, Western, Thriller, Adaptation)
PLOT: Vietnam vet Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad. He takes two million dollars in cash from the scene, only to be tracked down by the proper owners of the drugs and money, who are none too pleased, including a psychotic killer (Javier Bardem) who judges people's lives with the flip of a coin.
AUTHOR: Cormac Mccarthy
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| I AM LEGEND (Horror, Zombie, Suspense, Adaptation)
PLOT: A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for scientist Robert Neville, who is racing to find a cure. Will Smith portrays Neville in the 2007 blockbuster movie, based on the 1954 book. AUTHOR: Richard Matheson
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| ATONEMENT (Drama, British, Love, Period Piece, Adaptation)
PLOT: Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan. One of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2007. AUTHOR: Ian McEwan
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| THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Drama, Turn-of-the-Century, Adaptation)
PLOT: Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel, Oil!, follows the clash between a Texas oil developer and his son. Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie adaptation There Will Be Blood is based on the book. The movie, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis, was widely considered to be one of the best films of the year. AUTHOR: Upton Sinclair
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| MIST, THE (Horror, Monsters, Suspense, Adaptation)
PLOT: Originally published as a novella in Stephen King's Skeleton Crew, The Mist tells the story of a freak storm that unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives. The movie stars Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden. From director Frank Darabont AUTHOR: Stephen King
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2007 Movies Based On Books List |
| Movie Title | Book Title | Author |
 1408 |  Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales | Stephen King | | 30 Days of Night | 30 Days of Night | Steve Niles | | 300 | 300 (1999) | Frank Miller | | 3:10 to Yuma | Three-Ten to Yuma | Elmore Leonard | | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | Yiyun Li | | Angel | Angel | Elizabeth Taylor | | Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The | Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (1983) | Ron Hansen | | Atonement | Atonement | Ian McEwan | | Away From Her | Bear Came Over the Mountain, The | Alice Munro | | Becoming Jane | Becoming Jane Austen | Jon Spence | | Beowulf | Beowulf | Anonymous | | Blood and Chocolate | Blood and Chocolate (1997) | Annette Curtis Klause | | Bourne Ultimatum, The | Bourne Ultimatum, The | Robert Ludlum | | Bridge to Terabithia | Bridge to Terabithia (1977) | Katherine Paterson | | Charlie Wilson's War | Charlie Wilson's War | George Crile | | Cthulhu | Call of Cthulhu, The | H. P. Lovecraft | | Death and Life of Bobby Z, The | Death and Life of Bobby Z, The | Don Winslow | | Death Sentence | Death Sentence | Brian Garfield | | December Boys | December Boys | Michael Noonan | | Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The | Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The | Jean-Dominique Bauby | | Evening | Evening | Susan Minot | | Freedom Writers | Freedom Writers Diary, The (1999) | Erin Gruwell | | Golden Compass, The | Golden Compass, The | Philip Pullman | | Gone, Baby, Gone | Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) | Dennis Lehane | | Gossip Girl | Gossip Girl | Cecily von Ziegesar | | Hannibal Rising | Hannibal Rising (2006) | Thomas Harris | | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | J. K. Rowling | | I Am Legend | I Am Legend | Richard Matheson | | Into the Wild | Into the Wild | Jon Krakauer | | Invisible, The | Den Osynlige (2001) | Mats Wahl | | Jane Austen Book Club, The | Jane Austen Book Club, The | Karen Joy Fowler | | Killshot | Killshot (1989) | Elmore Leonard | | Kite Runner, The | Kite Runner, The | Khaled Hosseini | | Last Legion, The | Last Legion, The (2003) | Valerio Manfredi | | Last Sin Eater, The | Last Sin Eater, The | Francine Rivers | | List, The | List, The | Robert Whitlow | | Martian Child, The | Martian Child, The: A Novel About a Single Father Adopting a Son (2002) | David Gerrold | | Meet the Robinsons | Day with Wilbur Robinson, A | William Joyce | | Mighty Heart, A | Mighty Heart, A | Mariane Pearl | | Mist, The | Skeleton Crew | Stephen King | | My Boy Jack | My Boy Jack: The Search for Kipling's Only Son | T Holt | | Nanny Diaries, The | Nanny Diaries, The | Emma Mclaughlin | | Next | Golden Man, The (story) (2002) | Philip K. Dick | | No Country for Old Men | No Country for Old Men | Cormac Mccarthy | | P.S. I Love You | P.S. I Love You | Cecelia Ahern | | Persepolis | Complete Persepolis, The | Marjane Satrapi | | Reservation Road | Reservation Road | John Burnham Schwartz | | Shooter | Point of Impact | Stephen Hunter | | Silk | Silk | Alessandro Baricco | | Snow Angels | Snow Angels (1994) | Stewart O'Nan | | Stardust | Stardust | Neil Gaiman | | Stone Angel, The | Stone Angel, The | Margaret Laurence | | There Will Be Blood | Oil! | Upton Sinclair | | Tonto Woman, The | Tonto Woman, The | Elmore Leonard | | Tracey Fragments, The | Tracey Fragments, The | Maureen Medved | | Virgin Territory | Decameron, The (stories) (1994) | Giovanni Boccaccio | | Zodiac | Zodiac (1986) | Robert Graysmith |
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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